Police found a large meat cleaver in the door of a car after the people in the vehicle ran off when they were stopped.

Officers of the Road Police Unit stopped the car at around 4.20am today (September 13) in Water Street, Chesterton, in Cambridge due to it having no insurance.

But after the occupants of the vehicle ran away the police found a large blade in the driver’s pocket door.

A picture of the weapon taken by police shows the blade of the meat cleaver is about eight inches long, and appears to be made of stainless steel.

A spokeswoman for Cambridgeshire Police said that the occupants of the car had not been located.

Police confirmed that the vehicle had been seized and the weapon would be disposed of.

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